Showing papers by "Francesco Bartolucci published in 1999"
01 Jan 1999
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a method of assessment which can be considered objective is true/false testing, in which responses to items can be thought of as observed values of random variables which are indicators of a latent parameter, student ability.
Abstract: In Italian universities, students’ performance is usually assessed by oral examinations. Although this system offers some advantages, it also has a number of weaknesses regarding both objectivity and efficiency, especially for crowded courses. One method of assessment which can be considered objective is true/false testing. This method is well theorised in psychometrics. Responses to items can be thought of as observed values of random variables which are indicators of a latent parameter, student ability. Various models in Item Response Theory (see Goldstein and Lewis, 1996, and Hambleton and Swaminathan, 1985) relate the probability of a correct response to this parameter. These models assume that:
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